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Bushy-Tailed Woodrat

Neotoma cinerea

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Field Notes

Description:

A high desert rat. About 6 inches long

Habitat:

rocky, sagebrush desert

Reference Links:

Bushy-tailed Woodrat Frame

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Gordon Dietzman
I suspect this is a bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea). See http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/bio/mammal/Rod/Mice/btwo/btwofrm.htm for more information. I've seen these rats on only one other occasion and that was in Montana, but this animal resembles the one that I saw. Also known as packrats.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2012

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